Penn Frosh In The News!

This afternoon the Times published a piece about New York City valedictorians. We crossed our fingers that one of the highlighted almost-frosh would be going to Penn, and lo and behold, our wish came true! Queens native Adrienne Edwards is the valedictorian of Spence (you know, the tony prep school that Gossip Girl is allegedly based on), and headed to Penn come September. From her bio we know she got a 2160 on her SATs and wants to be a lawyer:

Outspoken and assertive, Adrienne commuted 90 minutes by bus and train to Spence, where she enrolled in 7th grade and was head of the hip-hop dance group and the multicultural awareness club. “I don’t think I’ll be able to function at my highest anywhere else but New York because I’ve met all my challenges and had all of my progressions here.”